"So, do we have a deal?" Mr. Evans asked. "Unbelievable," I muttered under my breath. "I don't understand," Mr. Evans said. "The whole thing is unbelievable. First you try to threaten me. Then you try to bribe me. And now you do the two together, trying to bribe me and threatening me if I don't take the bribe." "I don't like to think of it in those terms," he said.